I'm one of a dying breed who goes out and tours all the time. Labels don't spend the money to send people out to play before they become famous, but we did do that so the fans we have are word of mouth fans who have been travelling around with us for years, and they buy the albums, but they are also the ones who go out and get the bootlegs. I don't discourage bootlegging, I like playing live, I don't think it hurts my album sales at all if there are bootlegs out there. Who cares?

Then when I cut my hair short, my career tanked for about four years!

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

Lie to me, I promise to believe. Lie to me, but please don't leave.

I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that.

I'm singing the way that I love to sing, which is like old soul, like old Al Green. I grew up about an hour from Memphis. So all that music that I grew up with - the Stax music and early rhythm n' blues - I'm doing that. I'm actually getting out from behind my guitar and I'm singing.